Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way

by Roger Connors, Tom Smith

The economy crashes, the government misfires, businesses fail, leaders don't lead, managers don't manage, and the people we count on for the results that affect our own performance don't follow through, leaving us asking, "How did that happen?" Surprises caused by a lack of personal accountability plague almost every organization today, from the political arena to every large and small business. How Did That Happen? offers a proven way to eliminate these nasty surprises, gain an...

Reinventing Leadership for the Age of Mass Collaboration

by Emmanuel Gobillot

The age of mass collaboration is challenging the very nature of leadership, yet it also offers unprecedented value for leaders who know how to lead in this new environment. Author Emanuel Gobillot describes how to adapt traditional leadership roles and presents the tools necessary to embrace and succeed in this new age. Leadershift offers a new business model that will allow leaders to engage successfully with communities, recognize and develop talent, and win customer loyalty.

The Breakthrough Program to Build Deep, Trusting Relationships That Create Success –– and Won’t Let You Fail

by Keith Ferrazzi

Keith Ferrazzi, the internationally renowned thought leader, consultant, and bestselling author of Never Eat Alone, shows us that becoming a winner in any field of endeavor requires a trusted team of advisors who can offer guidance and help to hold us accountable to achieving our goals. Disregard the myth of the lone professional “superman.” The real path to success in your work and in your life is through creating an inner circle of “lifeline relationships.”

Doing What Matters to Get Things Right

by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan

Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan use a business model they developed to show how to tie together the financial targets you must meet, the external realities of your business and internal activities including strategy, operating activities, selection and development of people and organizational structure. Using this business model as a tool for confronting reality, you’ll learn whether your fundamental business premise is under assault, where your best opportunities lie, what you should change...

Developing Top Talent in Business

by Joseph R. Weintraub, James M. Hunt

When managers communicate a genuine interest in helping rather than evaluating their employees, they create opportunities for everyone to learn. Managers who try to help employees learn and become more productive in the process. In The Coaching Manager, James Hunt and Joseph Weintraub introduce an easy-to-implement developmental coaching model based on their extensive work with thousands of managers, executives and MBA students. The goal is for managers to help employees learn to be mor